244Cm transmutation in accelerator-driven system

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1135-1140

  Artisyuk, Vladimir ^a   Chmelev, Anatolii ^a,b   Saito, Masaki ^a   Suzuki, Masao ^a,c   Fujii E, Yoichi ^a,d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^c TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d Atomic Energy Commission of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerator driven system; Beam currents; Bismuth solvent; Curium; Curium 244; Effective half life; Mixed oxide fueled LWR; Spallation neutrons; Specific heat generation; Subcritical operation; Toxicity; Transmutation rates

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; CURIUM; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FISSION REACTIONS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; LIQUID METALS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIOISOTOPES; TOXICITY;

TRANSMUTATION;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 0033343213     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.1999.9726308     Document Type: Article

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